Heavy Snow, Emmet
- When
- December 18, 3:00 AM EST to December 19, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.588, -84.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, December 18 to 19, 1996
A SOUTHWEST FLOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT BEGAN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 18TH AND CONTINUED INTO THE MORNING OF THE 19TH. A PERSISTENT SNOWBAND DEVELOPED ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS APX wrote it up.
A SOUTHWEST FLOW LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT BEGAN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE 18TH AND CONTINUED INTO THE MORNING OF THE 19TH. A PERSISTENT SNOWBAND DEVELOPED ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN. THE SNOWBAND CLIPPED SHORELINE AREAS OF THE COUNTY WITH LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES REPORTED NEAR CROSS VILLAGE.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Colorado, December 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alabama, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Nebraska, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, December 18, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, December 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Mississippi, December 18 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, December 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, December 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578531.